THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; CONTAINING SEVERAL POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL TRACTS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY FORMER EDITION AND MANY LETTERS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE NOT HITHERTO PUBLISHED WITH NOTES AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.1844 |
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... endeavour to fix it on some trade or pro- fession that would keep me on land . It has ever since been a pleasure to me to see good workmen handle their tools . And it has been often useful to me , to have learned so much by it , as to ...
... endeavour to fix it on some trade or pro- fession that would keep me on land . It has ever since been a pleasure to me to see good workmen handle their tools . And it has been often useful to me , to have learned so much by it , as to ...
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... endeavour to improve my style . About this time , I met with an odd volume of the Spectator . I had never before seen any of them . I bought it , read it over and over , and was much de- lighted with it . I thought the writing excellent ...
... endeavour to improve my style . About this time , I met with an odd volume of the Spectator . I had never before seen any of them . I bought it , read it over and over , and was much de- lighted with it . I thought the writing excellent ...
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... endeavour to obtain the general esteem , and avoid lampooning and libelling , to which he thought I had too much inclination ; telling me , that by steady industry and prudent parsimony , I might save enough . by the time I was one and ...
... endeavour to obtain the general esteem , and avoid lampooning and libelling , to which he thought I had too much inclination ; telling me , that by steady industry and prudent parsimony , I might save enough . by the time I was one and ...
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... letter of credit , having , as he said , no credit to give . On my expressing some concern about what I should do , he advised me to endeavour get- ting some employment in the way of my business . 54 [ 1724 . LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... letter of credit , having , as he said , no credit to give . On my expressing some concern about what I should do , he advised me to endeavour get- ting some employment in the way of my business . 54 [ 1724 . LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... endeavour to recollect and write what I can ; if I live to get home , it may there be corrected and improved . " Not having any copy here of what is already written , I know not whether an account is given of the means I used to ...
... endeavour to recollect and write what I can ; if I live to get home , it may there be corrected and improved . " Not having any copy here of what is already written , I know not whether an account is given of the means I used to ...
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